01 June, 2016

More than 45mn under modern slavery

More than 45
million men, women and children globally are trapped in modern
slavery, with two-thirds in the Asia-Pacific, a study showed Tuesday.

The 2016
Global Slavery Index, a research report by the Walk Free Foundation,
compiled information from 167 countries with 42,000 interviews, AFP
said. The study suggested that there were 28 percent more slaves
than estimated two years ago.

The report
said India had the highest number of people trapped in slavery at
18.35 million, while North Korea had the highest incidence (4.37
percent of the population) and “the weakest government response.”